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Alabina
| Description | Alabina is a French-based group that performs a mix of world music: Middle Eastern, Arabic, French, Hebrew, and Spanish Gypsy music. Alabina consists of lead singer Ishtar, who does the female vocals, and the band Los Niños de Sara, who provide male vocals and music. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : Alabina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Cerithiidae : Alabina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Alabina Dall, 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Dall W.H. (1902). Note on the names Elachista and Pleurotomaria. The Nautilus. 15(11): 127. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (20%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Cerithiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Alabina (Caloosalba) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 50 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Alabina africana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina alfredensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina barbarensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina californica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina crystallina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina curta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina effusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina excurvata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina hamlini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina ignati species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina infratincta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina io species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina jordani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina menthafontis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina monicenis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina monicensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina strongi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina telamon species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina turbatrix species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina turrita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina veraguaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alabina veraguensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bittium boiplex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Elassum Woodring, 1946 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : Elassum |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1902 | Alabina Dall |
| 1927 | Alabina Dall p. 87 |
| 1962 | Alabina Weisbord p. 186 |
| 1972 | Alabina Hoerle p. 15 |
| 2001 | Alabina Todd |
| 2002 | Alabina Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Alabina Bouchet et al. p. 22 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
